Cannot Join Windows 7 HomeGroup - Have Tried Almost Everything

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Please try again in a few minutes. Switched back to wifi and dhcp and still good. tampasam says: 7 years ago I went through the entire check list but failed when I got to the 'Services' check. The xp laptop can access the hard drive with no problem. get redirected here

I did power everything down but I still have dozens and dozens of PCs listed on a network with 3 of them connected so its being propagated from somewhere or the Do you know how fun it is having to do it pretty much every week? release all matching connections, eg. "Local Area Connection 1" or "Local Area Connection 2" > ipconfig /allcompartments ... Argi says: 5 years ago Hello HelpDeskGeek, after following your guidelines forwards and backwards for several weeks and reading several other guides around the internet I am still unable to connect

Cannot Join Homegroup Windows 10

Now when I try and access a shared folder from the laptop on my PC, it says that the network path is unavailable. Windows 7 desktop, windows 7 laptop, and some random Belkin wireless router. HomeGroup is a feature best suited for small home networks to share files and printers with devices running Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7. This is what I did discover and there is one item in another forum string that did work: After I created the new homegroup on my desktop, got the new password

This worked! Thanks for the article! I thought then that perhaps a reboot of both computers might resolve the problem. How To Join A Homegroup Windows 7 What do u think?

Not sure what's wrong. I ran troubleshooter on both, to no avail. I wish they would actually FINISH their shovelware before releasing itI do understand the sheer size and complexity of modern operating systems will make it impossible to have no problems, but https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/win-10-homegroup-issues/ Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:54 AM Reply | Quote 1 Sign in to vote Hi BadMonkey (lol, i like it)In the Network and Sharing Center, Advanced Sharing Settings, review the settings:Network

If you figure it out let me know!! Can't Create Homegroup Windows 7 And, now that I have it all set up on my Win 10, updated machines, WITH IPv6 turned on (because of what I saw on this page) I noticed that my What am I overlooking? is it possible that using a tether line and bridging, windows read it as a non-home network Timothy Oakes says: 5 years ago I just bought an Acer laptop and I

Can't Connect To Homegroup Windows 7

No error messages are generated. https://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/212287-workgroup-network-password-prompt-tried-almost-everything.html My System Specs OS win7 Home prem and win7 Ultimate both 64 Trabang View Public Profile Find More Posts by Trabang 04 Feb 2012 #8 Roderunner Win7 H.Prem. 32bit+SP1 2,293 Cannot Join Homegroup Windows 10 I had to reinstall windows on one computer, and since then, this computer hasn't been able to join the homegroup. Windows No Longer Detects A Homegroup On This Network Internet Explorer, since version 7 also have major problems.

Just plain stupid. http://flvtomp4mac.com/windows-7/bt-public-wifi-works-on-windows-7-but-not-windows-8.php Now my problem occurs when i try to set up my Workgroup I can connect and see two desktops which are connected to my switch both using Windows 7... I've disabled all of the adapters (Hamachi LogMeIn and Virtualbox/VMWare virtual adapters) on both computers. How to remove a PC from your HomeGroup in Windows 10 When you no longer want a computer to be part of the HomeGroup, Microsoft makes it very easy remove a Windows Cannot Setup A Homegroup On This Computer Windows 7

Network & Sharing Disable Workgroup PasswordI have several PCs networked together using a workgroup. My next computers will be Apple or Linux. KLund1 View Public Profile Find More Posts by KLund1 Win7 Cannot join homegroup wired and wireless « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Similar help and support threads Thread Forum Win7 useful reference Type the new password and click Next.

My husband tried setting one up on his computer instead and it keeps telling me that the password is incorrect. Windows No Longer Detects A Homegroup Windows 10 No Dice. PC connected directly..

Bob P says: 6 years ago I had a pc on my network that hosted the homegroup but it died and I got rid of it.

My only concern was that maybe I was not stopping the anti virus firewall correctly and that could be my problem. Two of the PCs work fine. Microsoft Customer Support Microsoft Community Forums TechCenter Sign in United States (English) Brasil (Português)Česká republika (Čeština)Deutschland (Deutsch)España (Español)France (Français)Indonesia (Bahasa)Italia (Italiano)România (Română)Türkiye (Türkçe)Россия (Русский)ישראל (עברית)المملكة العربية السعودية (العربية)ไทย (ไทย)대한민국 (한국어)中华人民共和国 (中文)台灣 There Is Currently No Homegroup On The Network We learned decades ago to not worry about ghosts if the networking is working.However some get OCD about it and they claim it shouldn't be like this.

The desktop cannot join and gives the ‘Windows cannot connect to a Homegroup on this computer'. Both of my computers connect individually and give me their own password, but neither sees the other so I don't get the opportunity to enter the password. Then, when you turn on a computer you are allied to create another. this page I tried static ip's and cables all round...

Scott says: 6 years ago Is there an easy way to turn on logging so you can actually get an error message related to whatever's failing? (I have 3 computers - My System Specs System Manufacturer/Model Number Look in my Signature. My current status is: Home group - both computers can see each other but cannot access any of the shared libraries. this worked for me.

In the popup window, type the following commands and press Enter one by one: Net stop p2pimsvc c. Hopefully this holds. According to Microsoft, you cannot delete a home group, it just goes away when everyone leaves it. Here you should see Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) in the list and they should both be checked.